VANCOUVER, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Queen
Mining Co. Ltd. (TSX:GQM; OTCQX:GQMNF) (the "Company") will
hold an Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at the Pan Pacific
Hotel, Coal Harbour Room (999 Canada Place Way, Vancouver, British Columbia) at 10:00am PDT for the purpose of seeking
disinterested shareholder approval of the joint venture with Gauss
LLC (see news release dated June 9,
2014). Shareholders will be required to submit their proxies
prior to the proxy cut-off of 10:00am
PDT on Friday, September 5,
2014. The record date of the meeting is July 31, 2014. Details of the joint venture
transaction are disclosed in a proxy statement on Schedule 14A that
was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and certain Canadian securities regulators on
July 31, 2014. A copy of the
proxy statement will also be available at www.sedar.com and on the
Company's website at www.goldenqueen.com.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote in favour of the joint
venture.
If you require assistance with voting your shares, you can
contact the Company's proxy solicitor, Laurel Hill Advisory group
by calling: 1-877-452-7184 or emailing:
assistance@laurelhill.com
The Toronto Stock Exchange Has Not Reviewed And Does Not
Accept Responsibility For The Adequacy Or Accuracy Of The Content
Of This Press Release.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
The Company's solicitation of proxies in connection with the
extraordinary meeting of shareholders set to approve the joint
venture transaction is detailed in the proxy statement filed with
the SEC and available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT IS
DISTRIBUTED TO SHAREHOLDERS BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION.
Shareholders can obtain a free-of-charge copy of the proxy
statement and other relevant documents filed with the SEC from the
SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The proxy statement and other
relevant documents have also been filed with certain Canadian
securities regulators and available free-of-charge at
www.sedar.com. Shareholders can also obtain a free-of-charge
copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents by
directing a request by email to Brenda
Dayton at bdayton@goldenqueen.com, by telephone to (604)
921-7570 or by mail to Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd, 6411 Imperial
Ave., West Vancouver, BC,
Canada, V7W 2J5.
The Company and its directors and executive officers will be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders.
Information about the Company's directors and executive officers,
including their shareholdings, is set forth in the proxy statement
for the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was
filed with the SEC on April 30,
2014. Investors may obtain additional information regarding
the interest of such participants by reading the proxy
statement.
SOURCE Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.